Sling-shot gun.



L R. THOMAS.

SLING SHOT GUN.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14,1912.

1,235,398., Patented July 31,1917.

I llll/II/l/Il/IZ'I/ 4 awue/wl oz J[ R THOMAS urn s JAMES R. THOMAS, 015LEXINGTON, TENNESSEE.

SLING-SHO'I' GUN.

Application filed February 14, 1917.

To all wiwm it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Jews R. THOMAs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lexington, in the county of Henderson and State ofTennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sling-Shot Guns, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to missile projectors and particularly to a gunin the nature of a sling-shot.

The general object of my invention is to provide a very simple missileprojector having the general form of a gun that is provided with astock, a trigger and a forwardly projecting extension from the stockwhich has the similitude of or is analogous to a barrel, in which theprojectile is projected by a projectile carrier urged to its forwardposition by contractile rubber bands or like means.

Another object of the invention is to provide a very simple constructionof this character which may be readily made-out of heavy wire and whichis, therefore, very cheaply constructed and may be put upon the marketat a small cost.

A further object is to improve upon the details of construction ofdevices of this character.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention as illustrated in the accompanying drawing,.in which Figure1 is a side elevation of a toy gun constructed in accordance with myinvention;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 1 is a section on the line air-4 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of F ig l;

Flg. 6 is a fragmentary section on the line 66 of Fig. 1. 1

Referring to these figures, it will be seen that my improved gun, as itmay be termed, comprises a stock or shoulder piece designated generally10 and which may be formed in any desired manner but is illustrated asformed of a wire 11 bent to take the outline of the usual stock. I Theextremities of the wire 11 are operatively con- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

SerialNo. 148,573.

nected to a body 12 which corresponds to the ordinary breech portion ofthe gun. This body 12 is preferably formed of a casting having socketsfor the reception of the ends of the wire 11, the wire being held inthese sockets by means of the screws 13. Sockets are also provided forforwardly extending tubular members 1% which are screw-threaded into thebody. The body upon one face is cut away as at 16 to form a housing fora trigger 17, this recess 16 being formed with a contracted neck 18opening at the forward end of the body. Pivoted within this recess 16,as by means of the screw 19 is the trigger 17 which has a downwardlyextending finger portion 20 which extends down below the body and thistrigger is also provided withthe forwardly extending detent 21 having ahooked end, this portion 21 being disposed within the neck 18. Below thelower end of the trigger is the trigger guard 22, attached to the body12 in any suitable manner. The body is closed by a plate 15.

Rigidly connected to the outer ends of the tubular members 14: aresleeves 23, held in place by set screws 2%, and integrally or otherwiseconnected to these sleeves is a cross bar 25 having rearwardlyprojecting brackets 26 between which brackets is mounted a spindle 27This pin or spindle 2! is detachable from the brackets. Slidably mountedupon the tubular members 14:, which constitute guides, are the sleeves28 and 29 which are carried by a cross piece 30, the forward edge'ofwhichis formed with brackets 31, connected by a removable pin 32 orspindle. The rear edge of the cross bar 30 is formed with a rearwardlyprojecting hook-shaped detent 33 adapted to engage with the forwardlyextending bill of the detent 21 when thecross bar is retracted to itsfull extent. The bar 30 is extended beyond the sleeve 29 and isforwardly bent as at 3d and is provided with a small seat 35 for thereception of the shot or other projectile. means of a very light spring36 in this recess. The forward upwardly extending portion 3a of thecross bar 30 is provided with a sight 37, and the pins or spindles 27and 32. extend through opposite ends of an elastic band 38.

Surrounding the tubular guide members Mare the coil springs 39. Theseare compression springs and at their rear ends bear The shot is held inplace byagainst rubber buffers 1-0 slidably mounted upon the tubularmembers 14-. Engaging in the tubular members 1st are the ends of a wire41 which constitutes an extension on the gun and suggests the barrel ofthe gun. The length of wire bent to outline this barrel and the ends ofthe wire inserted telescopically within the tubular members 14: and heldin place therein by set screws e2 orv other suitable means.

In practical use a projectile is placed within the seat 35 and the crossbar 30 re tracted against the force of the rubber band 38 untilthetrigger detent isengaged with the detent Then when it is desired to firethe gun, the trigger 2 0 is pulled releasing the detents, the rubberband urges the cross bar 30 forward and the force is such as to projectthe projectile from its seat, the relatively weal: spring 36 shiftingunder the momentum of the projectile so as to permit the projectile topass.

lVhile I have illustrated certain details of construction, I wish itunderstood that I may vary these details in many without departing fromthe spirit of the invention. The construction illustrated, however,permits the gun to be very cheaply manufactured and permits the parts tobe readily assembled. It also permits the rub her band 38 who renewedfrom time to time. Whilel have illustrated one rubber band 38, it willbe understood that a plurality of small rubber bands might be usedinstead. The compression springs 39 receive the impact of the forwardlymoving cross bar 30, which may be termed an ejector,and thissuddenstoppage of the movement-of this ejector or cross bar 30 will cause theprojectile to fiy out of its seat in the line of its movement. Neitherdo I wish to be limited to the particular impact receiving means ordoubles which I have illustrated as these might be modified withoutdeparting from my invention.

Having described my invention, what l claim is:

1. A gun of the character described comprising a breech member having arecess on one face, the recess opening upon the forward end of thebreech member and upon the lower edge thereof, a trigger pivoted in-saidrecess and having a forwardly eX tending detent, a cover plate extendingover the recess in the breech member, a stock member comprising a rodbent into the general 'similitude of a gun stock, the ends of the rodbeing operatively engaged with the breech member, vertically spacedguides extending forward from the breech member, across bar sliding uponsaid guides and constituting an ejector and having an inwardly extendingdetent engageable with the detent on the trigger and also formed withaprojectil e seat, and resilient means messes urging the ejector awayfrom the breech member when the trigger is released.

2. A gun of the character described comprising a breech member recessedon one face, the recess opening upon the forward end of the breechmember and upon the lower end thereof, a trigger pivoted in said recessand having a forwardly extending detent, a stool; member attached to therearward end of the'breech member, forwardly extending guides comprisingrods engaged in the breech member, the rods being disposed in. verticalalinement, a cross bar slidably mounted upon the guides and constitutingan ejector and having an inwardly extending detent engage-able with thedetent on the trigger, and resilient means forurging the ejector awayfrom the breech member. V

3. A. gun of the character described comprising a breech member formedwith a recess opening upon the lower edge of the breech member and uponthe forward edge thereof, a trigger pivoted in the recessand having aforwardly extending detent, a stool: member attached to the breechmember, forwardly extending tubular rods mounted upon the breech memberand disposed in vertical alinement, and a barrel member formed of a rodbent into the outline of a gun stock and having its rear ends disposedwithin the tubular members, a cross bar mounted upon the tubular members for sliding movement and having a de'-- a rod bent into the outlineof a gun stock and having its ends detachably engaged with the breechmember, forwardly extending rods havmg their rear ends detachably breechmember having a trigger engaged with the breech member anddisposed invertical relation, a rigid cross bar detachably engaged with the forwardends of said rods, a cross bar slidably engaged with the rods rearwardof'the first named cross bar and constituting an ejector, said ClOss barbeing formed with a projectile seat, the cross bar having a detentengageable with the trigger detent, and an elastic element operativelyconnected betweenthe first named cross bar and the the latter forward.

,fl gun of the character described comprisinga stock member,abreechmember to which the stock member is engagedand having a recess onone face, the recess'opening upon the forward end of the breech memberand upon the lower edge thereof, a trigger ejector and urging pivoted insaid recess and having a forguides extending forward from the breechwardly extending detent, vertically spaced member, a cross bar havingsleeves embracguides extending forward from the breech ing said guidesand rigidly held thereon, a

member, a cross bar having sleeves embraccross bar having sleevesslidably engaging ing said guides and rigidly held thereon, a the rearends of the guides and constituting cross bar having sleeves slidablyengaging an ejector, said ejector having an inwardly the rear ends ofthe guides and constituting extending detent engageable with the detentan e ector, said e ector having an inwardly on the trigger and having anupwardly and extending detent engageable with the detent forwardlyextending portion formed with a 1 on the trigger and having an upwardlyand forwardly opening pro ectile seat, a resilient forwardly extendingportion formed w th contractile element operatively engaging the aforwardly opening projectile seat, a resillforward cross bar and theejector and urging ent contractile element operatively engagthe latterto a formed position, coil springs ing the forward cross bar and theejector surrounding the guides and bearing at their 1D and urging thelatter to a forward position, rear ends against the forward cross bar,

coil springs surrounding the guides and buffer members slidably mountedon t e bearing at their rear ends against the for" guides at the rearends of the springs an ward cross bar, and buffer members slidablyreceiving the impact of the sleeves of the mounted on the guides at therear ends of ejector cross bar, and a barrel portion com- 20 the springsand receiving the impact of the posed of a length of wire bent to theoutline sleeves of the ejector cross bar. of the barrel and having itsends detachably 6. A gun of the. character described comengaged in theforward ends of the tubular rising a stock member, a breech member touides.

which the stock member is engaged and hav- In testimony whereof Ihereunto affix my 25 ing a recess on one face, the recess openingsignature in the presence of two witnesses. upon the forward end of thebreech member JAMES R. THOMAS.

and upon the lower edge thereof, a trigger Witnesses:

pivoted in said recess and having a for- E. W. EssoRY,

wardly extending detent, vertically spaced J. D. BUCK.

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